Apteribis glenos Olson & Wetmore, 1976:252

Moloka’i apteribis

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Distribution

Molokai, Hawaiian Islands, USA

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Holotype: complete right tarsometatarsus

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Olson, Storrs L. and Wetmore, Alexander. (1976). Preliminary diagnoses of two extraordinary new genera of birds from Pleistocene deposits in the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washignton 89(18): 247-258.

Other references:

Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser.

Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. (1991). Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part I. Non-Passeriformes. Ornithological Monographs, No. 45: 1-88.

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